Browse Forums Real Estate 1 Jul 26, 2009 6:50 pm We might have to move to another city and have to sell our house. There are three problems, I want to have some ideas how to deal with them. First, we pulled down a shed which was very close to the house, connected the existing concrete slab from the old shed with the house. We covered the whole thing with a kit carport. Underneath we built an extension 3 by 2 metres. Underneath the roof there is a patio. The extension is a small study and a tool shed. This extension is not council approved. Our neighbour said that I should not worry about it because they had the same issue when they bought their houses and the vendors simply told them how it is and that they where asked if they would still want to buy the house. The second problem is that we connected two power outlets and a light switch, because we got guests and we wanted to have this done before. I know that this is illegal. What if something happens after we sell the house or someone sees it and it does look different than electricians usually do? Is it best asking an electrician to check the thing? We still have hooked up our washing machine in a provisional way besides the back door in our patio. I wonder if we should fix this before selling because buyers might not like the way we wanted to do this. We planned to leave the laundry open only covered by a wall 1.2 metres high. The washing machine could be hidden in the tool shed as well, but this shed is only 1 by two metres and we would not be able to offer a tool shed. This option would be much easier to realize as we would not have to construct a wall and therefore less costly. And we have plenty of shelving in the shed we would have to remove. Or would you maybe leave this as it is and let the buyers choose? Re: selling house with unapproved extension 2Jul 26, 2009 8:12 pm We accepted non-council approved verandah railings on a house when we purchased and promptly forgot all about it - until we went to sell. The new buyers made their offer conditional on the handrails being fixed to council approval before handover. We thought, no big deal, it was just adding a rail. But, we were unable to find a builder willing to do the job in the timeframe and we were already interstate and couldn't do it ourselves The new owners were able to purchase the house for $5000 less than their original offer as a result - for the sake of $350 worth of railings. My grandfather's place is currently up for sale "as is" - any offer is made with the purchaser's acknowledgement that there may not be council approval for parts of the dwellings, sheds etc. The sale price he will get is essentially just the land value. Your place sounds like it is somewhere between the two with the amount of work required to get things to council-approved state. Your buyers have you over a barrel as far as non-council-approved works go, so best to make as many problems go away before anyone makes an offer. Kylie Re: selling house with unapproved extension 3Jul 27, 2009 8:49 am I guess council approval would not be a problem because the roof is a kit and the extension is small and there cannot be much of a problem. I wonder if I simply should try to approve the whole thing now as it is? Your story does not sound very good, where about are you, as councils and buyers might be different in different places? Re: selling house with unapproved extension 4Jul 27, 2009 7:36 pm the problem with this is that people will offer you a lot less for your place as one of the posters has said.As for the power points I would get some advice on this one, as here is qld you can be in trouble my parents had to get some things fixed in there home before there sold went through , the solictor advised them to have them fixed and it was only a couple of hundred dollars for the piece of mind.said that about your carport extenstion some people may not care, but my experience having worked in the real estate industry people will us anything to bargain the price down so be careful with that one. if you do get a people wanting to buy you may need the solictor to put a clause in regarding the extension so there is no redress on you so you have nothing to worry about, something along the lines property is brought knowing extension not approved. finished building 40 square home on 5 acres with perry homes.working on the landscaping just finished pool deck with ://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2217 Re: selling house with unapproved extension 5Jul 27, 2009 8:16 pm I just thought - if you change your mind on selling and decide to rent it out, you will definitely need to have everything at approval standard. Also, in this thread there is talk about a 10yr limit - older structures don't matter? Don't know if it's true or not, and don't know if it applies to your extension? May be worth investigating... Kylie Re: selling house with unapproved extension 6Jul 27, 2009 8:21 pm 10 year limit does apply in many places in qld but that does vary from state to state many council in qld only keep records for 7 years.But the council I deal with in sydney that was not the case some 3 years ago but could have changed.You would need to check this out with your local council. finished building 40 square home on 5 acres with perry homes.working on the landscaping just finished pool deck with ://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2217 Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? 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